Go & Do: UFO Festival lands in Exeter, run with nuns

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Sep 4, 2009 at 2:00 AMSep 4, 2009 at 10:46 AM

The Exeter UFO Festival will be held from 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 5 in downtown Exeter, with events such as a UFO Children's Charity Art Show, chalk drawings, UFO construction for kids using recycled materials, a simulated alien crash site and debris field, an "E.T." costume contest, and a 1960s rock 'n' roll dance.

The Exeter UFO Festival will be held from 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 5 in downtown Exeter, with events such as a UFO Children's Charity Art Show, chalk drawings, UFO construction for kids using recycled materials, a simulated alien crash site and debris field, an "E.T." costume contest, and a 1960s rock 'n' roll dance.

Friday night, the Exeter Elms Campground, which has 50 camp sites open, will show the film "E.T." under the stars to its campers. For information, call the campground at 778-7631. Also on Friday, the Stratham Wiggin Memorial Library teen center will celebrate the festival with a triple-play matinee of "Doctor Who," a popular British science fiction television program. The matinee begins at 1 p.m.

on Labor Day

The 13th annual St. Charles Children's Home of Rochester 5K Road Race will be held at 9 a.m. Monday, Sept. 7 at Pease International Tradeport in Portsmouth. Entry fee is $18 adults, $15 for children 12 and under, and $20 on race day. (619) 758-5538, sma@stcharleshome.net.

An official Navy salute on the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard mall, followed by a 3:47 p.m. blast on the shipyard whistle, will serve as the signal for the bells of Portsmouth and Eliot to ring on Saturday, Sept. 5 marking the 104th anniversary of the Portsmouth Peace Treaty. For other programs, call 436-4010, e-mail: cdoleac@nhlawfirm.com, or visit www.portsmouthpeacetreaty.com.

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